上元圓

Chinese

		Lantern Festival	circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify
trad. (上元圓)		上元	圓
simp. (上元圆)		上元	圆
alternative forms		上元丸 狀元圓／状元圆 壯元丸／壮元丸

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-goân-îⁿ / siāng-goân-îⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-goân-îⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-guân-înn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnggoan'vii
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ ĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɡuan²⁴⁻²² ĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ɡuan²³⁻³³ ĩ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ɡuan²⁴⁻²² ĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-goân-îⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-guân-înn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxnggoan'vii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ ɡuan¹³⁻²² ĩ¹³/

Noun

上元圓

1. (Southern Min) glutinous rice ball eaten during the Lantern Festival

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 湯圓 (“glutinous rice ball”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		湯圓
Mandarin	Beijing	湯圓兒, 元宵
	Taiwan	湯圓, 元宵
	Harbin	湯圓兒, 元宵
	Yantai (Muping)	元宵
	Jinan	元宵
	Luoyang	湯圓兒, 元宵
	Wanrong	元宵
	Xi'an	湯圓兒, 元宵
	Yinchuan	元宵
	Xining	元宵
	Ürümqi	湯圓兒
	Wuhan	湯圓, 元宵
	Chengdu	湯圓兒
	Guiyang	湯圓, 元宵
	Guilin	湯圓
	Guilin (Lingui)	湯圓
	Liuzhou	湯圓, 水圓
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	湯圓
	Xuzhou	湯丸兒, 湯圓兒, 湯圓子
	Yangzhou	圓子, 湯圓子
	Nanjing	湯圓, 湯糰, 元宵
	Singapore	湯圓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	湯圓
	Hong Kong	湯圓
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	湯圓
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	湯圓, 糖水圓
	Macau	湯圓
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	年宵
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	糖圓仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	湯圓
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	湯圓
	Foshan	湯圓
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	圓湯
	Foshan (Shunde)	水攬
	Foshan (Sanshui)	糖圓
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	元宵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	水攬
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	湯圓
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	水攬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	糖包圓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	圓糍
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	圓糍
	Taishan	湯圓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	圓
	Enping (Niujiang)	圓仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	元宵
	Dongguan	水糰, 湯圓, 水包
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	扁米
	Shaoguan	年宵
	Xinyi	湯圓
	Lianjiang	湯圓
	Nanning	水圓
	Guiping	水圓
	Mengshan (Xihe)	水圓
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	水圓
	Baise	水圓
	Bobai	湯圓
	Pubei	圓餈
	Qinzhou	水圓
	Beihai	水圓, 湯圓
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	水圓
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	水圓
	Ningming	水圓
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	湯圓
	Singapore (Guangfu)	湯圓
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	湯圓
	Móng Cái	湯圓
Gan	Nanchang	湯圓, 湯圓子, 元宵
	Lichuan	湯圓
	Pingxiang	湯圓子, 元宵, 元宵坨牯
Hakka	Meixian	圓粄仔, 圓仔, 湯圓
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	糖圓
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雪圓粄
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	惜圓粄
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	圓湯粄
	Luhe	粄圓
	Yudu	元宵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雪圓仔, 惜圓
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	圓粄仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	粄圓
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	惜圓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	惜圓, 粄圓
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	惜圓
	Hong Kong	雪圓粄, 糖圓
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	湯圓
	Mashan (Pianlian)	水圓
Huizhou	Jixi	元宵
Jin	Taiyuan	元宵
	Xinzhou	湯圓, 元宵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	㷍湯糍
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	湯丸, 元宵
Southern Min	Xiamen	圓仔, 米圓
	Quanzhou	圓仔, 米圓
	Zhangzhou	圓仔
	Taipei	圓仔
	Kaohsiung	圓仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	圓仔, 圓, 圓湯
	Manila (Hokkien)	狀元圓, 上元圓
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	元宵
	Chaozhou	鴨母捻
	Shantou	圓, 鴨母捻
	Jieyang	圓, 鴨母捻
	Singapore (Teochew)	圓, 鴨母捻
	Leizhou	湯丸
	Haikou	元宵
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	渾湯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	水圓
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	水圓
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	湯圓
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	元宵
	Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)	水圓
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	湯圓
Wu	Shanghai	湯糰, 圓子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	圓子
	Suzhou	湯糰, 元宵
	Danyang	湯圓, 湯糰
	Hangzhou	湯糰, 元宵
	Wenzhou	湯圓, 圓兒
	Jinhua	湯糰
Xiang	Changsha	湯圓, 湯圓子, 元宵
	Loudi	元宵糰子
	Quanzhou	元宵
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	元宵